On December 20, 1988, a 13-year-old-girl listening to the show called Clem. Clem made sexual references to Danny Czekalinski, his crosstown competitor, and to the 13-year-old female caller and was fired the next day. Clem then worked for a brief period WLUM-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1999, Clem had legally changed his name to “Bubba the Love Sponge.”

Hog incident and the FCC

On February 27, 2001, while on the air at WXTB in Tampa, Florida, Clem slaughtered and barbecued a wild Florida boar that had been captured by a professional hunter. Sound effects of hogs feeding were broadcast to lead listeners to believe the hog was being harassed and aggravated. Based on the incident Clem, his Executive Producer Brent Hatley, and two other people were charged with animal cruelty. The trial received coverage outside Florida including Court TV. All four defendants were acquitted by the jury.

Contraceptive sponge

Three brands are marketed: Pharmatex, Protectaid and Today. Pharmatex is marketed in France and the province of Quebec; Protectaid in the rest of Canada and Europe; and Today in the United States.

Sponges work in two ways. First, the sponge is inserted into the vagina, so it can cover the cervix and prevent any sperm from entering the uterus. Secondly, the sponge is produced with spermicide already inside of it, which is used to prevent the sperm from moving.

The sponges are inserted vaginally prior to intercourse and must be placed over the cervix to be effective.
Sponges provide no protection from sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Effectiveness

The manufacturer of the Today sponge reports effectiveness for prevention of pregnancy of 89% to 91% when used correctly and consistently. When packaging directions are not followed for every act of intercourse, effectiveness rates of 84% to 89% are reported. Other sources cite poorer effectiveness rates for women who have given birth: 74% during correct and consistent use, and 68% during typical use.

Bubba

In American usage, bubba is a relationship nickname formed from brother and given to boys, especially eldest male siblings, to indicate their role in a family. For some boys and men, bubba is used so pervasively that it replaces the given name...The nickname may also be used outside the family by friends as a term of endearment.

The linguist Ian Hancock has described similarities between the African language Krio and Gullah, the creole language of African-Americans in the isolated Sea Islands of South Carolina and points out that the Krio expression bohboh (boy) appears in Gullah as buhbuh, which may account for the "bubba" of the American South. (http://www.yale.edu/glc/gullah/06.htm)

Robert Ferguson notes in his “English Surnames”’; Bubba corresponds with the German bube, a boy. This matches Saxon and Hibernian tradition.

Because of its association with the southern part of the United States, bubba is also often used outside the South as a pejorative to mean a person of low economic status and limited education. Bubba may also be taken to mean one who is a "good ol' boy."
In the US Army and Marines, bubba can mean a lay soldier, similar to grunt but with connotations of endearment instead of derision (e.g., "Can you make that device easier to work with, 'cus every bubba is gonna have to use it.").

History

The 69.3 kilogram Bubba was donated to the aquarium in 1987 by an anonymous donor; at the time he was a female about ten inches long. Bubba switched gender to male (being a protogynous hermaphrodite) in the mid-1990s and eventually grew to 154 pounds while living in the aquarium's "Wild Reef" shark exhibit. In 2001, Bubba developed an unusual growth on his forehead, which was eventually diagnosed to be malignant; the aquarium called in veterinarians to remove the growth surgically and treat Bubba with chemotherapy that year, and again in 2003 when it regrew.

Shedd officials stated that Bubba was popular with cancer survivors, especially children, and was a favorite of visitors.
The oncology department of Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, recognized Bubba with a tile in the ward.

Love Sponge

Got to let this woman know it's realExactly how the rude boy feelOh baby, oh lady, yeahThis one is called lovers choiceNever know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurry, oh, noThis one is called lovers choiceNever know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurry, oh, noLord, you are lovable, kissable, desire the inevitableWithout your sweet caress I'm so damn miserableTouch your finesse, feel the fur of your coatSeen you walk away saying my eyes in smokeYou are dressable, lookable, all the man dem after youThey claim you do somethin' they just can't explain to the brainYour man shouldn't have no complain, oh noThis one is called lovers choiceI never know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurry, oh, noThis one is called lovers choiceNever know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurryHey, slow motion is the way for us to enjoy the dayAlways takin' time to listen what she got to sayShe thinks I be spendin' too much time on the beatI try to make her over stand that's how we eatDarlin', don't quarrel with me, it hurts too easilyDon't be messed up by silly tendencyNo, no, wayThis one is called lovers choiceI never know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurry, oh, noThis one is called lovers choiceI never know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurryShe make a can forget about the hugin' and squeezin'Ah feel as if I'm upside down in the ceilin'Confess, this girl is the ultimate thingWhat it means to be loved, need no askin', noSwing, baby, swing, while I continue singYour favorite song, let's go dancin', heyThis one is called lovers choiceI never know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurry, oh, noThis one is called lovers choiceI never know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurryYou are so lovable, kissable, desire the inevitableWithout your sweet caress I'm so damn miserableI take a smoke, And I nearly chokeOh, God, this girl is serious and she's no jokeShe's so dressable, lookable all the man dem after youThey claim you do somethin' no man would explainOh, gosh, your man couldn't have no complain, boomThis one is called lovers choiceI never know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you goWith you I'm in no hurry, oh, noThis one is called lovers choiceI never know you woulda really feel so nice, love spongeI don't wanna let you go

On December 20, 1988, a 13-year-old-girl listening to the show called Clem. Clem made sexual references to Danny Czekalinski, his crosstown competitor, and to the 13-year-old female caller and was fired the next day. Clem then worked for a brief period WLUM-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1999, Clem had legally changed his name to “Bubba the Love Sponge.”

Hog incident and the FCC

On February 27, 2001, while on the air at WXTB in Tampa, Florida, Clem slaughtered and barbecued a wild Florida boar that had been captured by a professional hunter. Sound effects of hogs feeding were broadcast to lead listeners to believe the hog was being harassed and aggravated. Based on the incident Clem, his Executive Producer Brent Hatley, and two other people were charged with animal cruelty. The trial received coverage outside Florida including Court TV. All four defendants were acquitted by the jury.

WASHINGTON — Some days you wake up and think, “Nope, not getting up.” I call these column days. Then, there are those other times when you practically hurl yourself from the sheets in a grand jete because. BubbatheLove... ....

WASHINGTON -- Some days you wake up and think, "Nope, not getting up." I call these column days. Then, there are those other times when you practically hurl yourself from the sheets in a grande jete because. BubbatheLove... ....

A Baltimore law firm is representing Florida radio personality Bubba “theLoveSponge” Clem in his lawsuit this week against his former employer, Cox Media Group, which claims Cox employees were behind the leak of a sex tape involving Clem’s wife and wrestler Hulk Hogan. The suit seeks unspecified... ....

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of Bubba Clem — better known as "BubbatheLoveSponge" — in Pinellas County... Calta is the current morning show host on Cox station WHPT and a former coworker of Clem's ... The complaint alleges Cox engineered a scheme to that led to Clem’s termination from BeasleyMediaGroup, a competing radio group....

BubbatheLoveSponge Clem filed suit against his old employer, his former employee and his biggest on-air rival on Wednesday, seeking unspecified damages for what he claims was the "malicious and deceitful destruction of his business relationships and career." ... The suit also ......

Then, there are those other times when you practically hurl yourself from the sheets in a grande jete because. BubbatheLoveSponge and Tucker Carlson. I call these proof of the deity ... I do, however, listen to a lot of comedy and suspect many “BubbatheLoveSponge” listeners felt that Carlson was merely joking in a guy-taining way....

Who or what is BubbatheLoveSponge? In short, he’s a radio DJ and shock jock based in Tampa, Florida...BubbatheLoveSponge has led a full life, and there’s much to, er, absorb ... At this point, it’s possible we shouldn’t be asking who BubbatheLoveSponge is, but who and what else BubbatheLoveSponge knows....

BUBBATHELOVESPONGE. MSNBC's very own Tucker Carlson. Tuck, do you like coming on with us? 'Cause I like you. I mean I'm not trying to fag out on you or nothing, but I like you. I like you. TUCKER CARLSON. Well I like you too, and I mean that ... CO-HOST. I wish I knew how to quit you, Tuck.THELOVESPONGE. I wish I knew how to quit you, Tuck. Previously ... ....